Catalog : Public Health Minor

The Department of Public Health offers an interdisciplinary minor in Public Health.

There is growing popularity of Public Health majors and minors in the United States as a result of the Institute of Medicine鈥檚 recommendations for universities to promote an educated citizenry by providing access to public health education to all undergraduate students. Understanding of global health challenges and social responsibilities in regard to critical public health issues is important for promoting a healthy society. A minor in Public Health will prepare students to address these challenges.

The minor in Public Health allows students at UMass Lowell to develop a foundational knowledge about the public health field in combination with their undergraduate major and will improve marketability post-graduation.

The minor in Public Health consists of 22 credits.

Required Courses (13 credits)

• Choose one from the following:
  
  • HSCI.1010听/听HSCI.1030聽Human Anatomy & Physiology I with Lab聽OR
  • BIOL.1110听/听BIOL.1170L聽Principles of Biology I /聽Principles of Biology I Laboratory
• PUBH.1021聽Introduction to Public Health
• PUBH.2050 Social Determinants of Health
• PUBH.3050聽Intro to Epidemiology聽聽聽

Electives (9 credits)

Choose from the following (at least one must be 3000-4000 level): 聽

• HSCI.3080聽Global Health¹
• PUBH.2031 Introduction to Public Health Informatics and Information Systems¹
• PUBH.2040聽Introduction to Health Promotion¹
• PUBH.2070聽The US Healthcare System¹
• PUBH.2080聽Principles of Environmental Health Science¹
• PUBH.3010 Introduction to Biostatistics
• PUBH.3011聽Program Planning in Health Promotion¹
• PUBH.3020聽Health Communication¹
• PUBH.3070聽Introduction to Public Health Policy¹
• PUBH.3100聽Infectious Disease¹
• PUBH.4130 Public Health Administration¹

¹PUBH.1021聽Introduction to Public Health must be taken prior to registering for all courses listed except HSCI.3080.听

For more information, contact the聽Department of Public Health.